A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

Once a dumping spot, now a park with a kayak launch.

Enormous one time fiber mill now houses local artists and small businesses.

If you were standing here on October 5th, 1950, you'd be dead.

Queen Anne style apartment house built in 1886.

Sunset Park's Guatemalan community knows to head to the back of this bodega for a taste of home.

A working monastery hidden away in Brooklyn once abutted the location of a former inebriate's home.

Brooklyn's Barkaloo Cemetery is the resting place of a scant two bodies.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

What’s a sure fire way to end up in jail in New York in the 1920s? Peddling bad moonshine.

Fabrication workshop where the encasement for One World Trade Center's beacon was constructed.

The engineering feat of the Panama Canal was possible in small part thanks to materials developed in this humble Red Hook foundry.

Two monstrous warehouses. One now holds priceless works of art, the other stands abandoned and dilapidated.

Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

Micro-distillery in Brooklyn produces New York’s first homemade rum since Prohibition.

A big shiny gin and whiskey distillery in Sunset Park.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."

The ballpark in "Pigtown" where the Brooklyn Dodgers made their name was replaced with a huge apartment complex.